5 times Neymar made the world laugh with his acting

#2 Lack of balance against Costa Rica

While witnessing this live on TV, I was convinced that it was a penalty. However, after the replays kicked in, all I was left with was shock and anger. Such was the persuasive power of this that the conclusion can only be that the referees deserve a special shout out for managing players like this on a football pitch.

As he danced down the box and completely outfoxed Giancarlo Gonzalez with his brilliant ball control, the panicked number 5 of Costa Rica extended his left hand, which barely touched the Brazilian.

Neymar, seeing another Costa Rican player converging, realized that the best option here would be to draw a penalty and so he did what he does best: tumble down to the floor as though he was slammed by a wrestler.

The referee did initially award him the penalty but thank goodness that VAR exists now and the decision was overturned.